Deride - English meaning

verb

Criticize unfairly; disparage.

Usage examples:

Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country

verb

To say that someone or something is not good or important

noun

The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.

Usage examples:

Her upper lip curled in disdain

verb

Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.

Usage examples:

He disdained his patients as an inferior rabble

noun

Dislike of someone or something that you feel does not deserve your interest or respect

Usage examples:

The mayor’s disdain for his opponents was well known., he disdains the flashy trappings of many dix…

verb

Order or allow to leave; send away.

Usage examples:

She dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road

verb

To decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering

Usage examples:

Let’s not dismiss the idea without discussing it., the teacher dismissed the class early.

verb

To remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

Usage examples:

Dismiss sb for sth salespeople may be dismissed for many reasons, the most common of which is poor …

verb

Regard or represent as being of little worth.

Usage examples:

He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors

verb

To criticize someone or something in a way that shows a lack of respect

Usage examples:

He disparages his business competitors, saying they are all a bunch of amateurs compared to him., m…

verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

Usage examples:

Opposition mps mocked the government's decision

adjective

Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.

Usage examples:

A mock-georgian red brick house

noun

Make a replica or imitation of something.

noun

A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.

Usage examples:

The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory, and the offen…

verb

Put (someone) in a pillory.

verb

To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

Usage examples:

Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effecti…

verb

To express an opinion that an idea or suggestion is silly or not worth considering

Usage examples:

Some seemingly reasonable people go on holiday and pooh-pooh the idea of wearing sunblock.

noun

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He is held up as an object of ridicule

verb

Subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour.

Usage examples:

His theory was ridiculed and dismissed

noun

Words or actions that make someone or something seem foolish or stupid

Usage examples:

He was an unhappy figure of ridicule, not a figure of fun, among his colleagues., she was ridiculed…

noun

A feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.

Usage examples:

I do not wish to become the object of scorn

verb

Feel or express contempt or disdain for.

Usage examples:

He tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself

noun

A strong feeling that someone or something is of little or no worth and deserves no respect

Usage examples:

These countries deserve our respect, not the scorn of a politician., a scornful laugh/look, he was …

adjective

Small in degree; inconsiderable.

Usage examples:

A slight increase

verb

Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was desperate not to slight a guest

noun

An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

An unintended slight can create grudges